"This basically leaves this issue of bot abuse null and void"
I disagree. You still get the benefit of increased reputation from any upvotes. You are effectively able to buy reputation by using bots.
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"This basically leaves this issue of bot abuse null and void"
I disagree. You still get the benefit of increased reputation from any upvotes. You are effectively able to buy reputation by using bots.
This is true. however the rep system is clearly flawed anyway. You can get the same thing from charity votes from whales or any account with a good rep that votes on you even if your posts are shit.
I've actually seen this in action. You can take a nothing account and get it to over 45 from only one or two votes from a high rep/sp account.
This was an issue long before bots and needs to be updated somehow.
True, it is also very vulnerable to Sybil attacks.
I'm not sure what sybil attack is?
People make multiple account that use their upvotes to just upvote each other, artificially increasing their reputation.
Oh, I've seen that called account farming